13 inspiring spaces — from minimal to over-the-top glam

Cameron Diaz's Living Room

Cameron Diaz's Living Room

Cameron Diaz—whose breakout role was in the 1998 comedy There's Something About Mary—owned the 2,400-square-foot prewar apartment for several years before she decided to heed the impulse she had on first seeing the place, which featured all-white rooms done up in a vaguely nautical theme. "I knew right away that the space needed color," she says. A professed design freak—she recently took on the role of artistic director for the fashion-accessories label Pour La Victoire—Diaz spent time compiling tear sheets of rooms that she loved rather than hiring a designer right away. "The majority ended up being homes Kelly had done," Diaz adds. That's not surprising, given Wearstler's fondness for spinning the color wheel with abandon through every room she creates. For Diaz's apartment, it landed on the hues of burnished metals and lustrous minerals: malachite, onyx, rose gold, silver, and copper.

In the living room of actress Cameron Diaz's Manhattan apartment, which was designed by Kelly Wearstler, the swivel armchair by the window is by Milo Baughman, and the Murano-glass chandelier, cocktail table, and stools are vintage; the armchair is upholstered in a Clarence House fabric, and the wallcovering by de Gournay and rug by Mansour Modern are custom designs.

Sarah Jessica Parker's Bridgehampton Home

Sarah Jessica Parker's Bridgehampton Home

In actress Sarah Jessica Parker's Bridgehampton, New York, living room, cozy furnishings and graphic fabrics stand out against walls coated in Benjamin Moore Super White. The Lack Parsons-style tables by IKEA were lacquered a glossy white, the sofa is slipcovered in sturdy brown denim, and a polished-chrome Fluted Column lamp is by Ralph Lauren Home.